Target Malaria’s Gene Drive Project Fails to Inform Local Communities of Risks: New Film

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Target Malaria, a research consortium that aims to eradicate malaria-carrying species of mosquitoes using new genetic modification tools, does not have proper consent from communities for its experiment. That is the main message of a new short film that is being released this week.; ; “A Question of Consent: Exterminator Mosquitoes in Burkina Faso” documents conversations with residents of the areas where Target Malaria is conducting tests, as well as opposition from civil society groups in the region.; ; The film’s revelations pose problems for the project, backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Philanthropy Project and the US Military.